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Giant Puffball

Calvatia gigantea

562Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb9
Mar17
Apr19
May10
Jun14
Jul36
Aug120
Sep143
Oct125
Nov31
Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England104
2Cambridgeshire England45
3Bristol, City of England16
4Cornwall England15
5Oxfordshire England14
6Worcestershire England13
7Essex England11
8North Yorkshire England9
9Kent England8
10Highland Scotland8
11Sefton England8
12Suffolk England7
13Pembrokeshire Wales7
14Devon England6
15Gloucestershire England6
471 England37 Scotland25 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
562
Peak month
September
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Calvatia gigantea
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
415
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Lycoperdaceae
Genus
Calvatia
Name with authority
Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q222449 · GBIF 2536058